“I am not going to move any kind of short-term CR at current levels,” the Speaker told reporters at his weekly press conference. “When we say we’re going to cut spending, read my lips, we’re going to cut spending.”

Pelosi said Thursday that allowing such a shutdown so soon after taking control of the House would be "a failure" of leadership.

"It's a failure to say we've taken the leadership of the United States and the first thing we're going to do is shut down the government to the detriment of our people [and] to our security," she said.

The House is expected to vote on the Republicans' proposal before the weekend.